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+# This file is in the public domain.
+#
+[PATHS]
+# The PATHS section is special, as filenames including $-expression are
+# expanded using the values from PATHS or the system environment (PATHS
+# is checked first). Taler also supports expanding $-expressions using
+# defaults with the syntax "${VAR:-default}". Here, "default" can again
+# be a $-expression.
+#
+# We usually want $HOME for $TALER_HOME, but we allow testcases to
+# easily override this by setting $TALER_TEST_HOME.
+#
+TALER_HOME = ${TALER_TEST_HOME:-${HOME:-${USERPROFILE}}}
+
+# see XDG Base Directory Specification at
+# http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+# for how these should be used.
+
+# Persistant data storage
+TALER_DATA_HOME = ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$TALER_HOME/.local/share}/taler/
+
+# Configuration files
+TALER_CONFIG_HOME = ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$TALER_HOME/.config}/taler/
+
+# Cached data, no big deal if lost
+TALER_CACHE_HOME = ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$TALER_HOME/.cache}/taler/
+
+# Runtime data (always lost on system boot)
+TALER_RUNTIME_DIR = ${TMPDIR:-${TMP:-/tmp}}/taler-system-runtime/